A chat with Christian Louboutin, the designer who brings dreams and fantasy to life

Parisian shoe designer Christian Louboutin has some advice for all of us: slow down.

“I always design flat shoes and I love them, but high heels make a woman so much more conscious of her body,” he says.

In a fast-paced world with people always rushing, Louboutin says he likes things that make people slow down.

“If you walk down the street slowly, maybe someone will pick you up,” he says with a laugh and a twinkle in his eye. “That doesn’t happen if you are running around.”

The designer’s cheeky, relaxed attitude shines through. He often delights Hong Kong fans with chatty shoe signings and parties. Notably unpretentious, while most of the fashion elite are being chauffeured around in shiny black cars for fashion week, Louboutin can be seen zipping between Paris shows on his little moped.